Monday, June 28, 2010

Free Pattern: Fairy Lights

I love sudden flashes of inspiration. The type that makes you put down everything else and create this genius thing you've just dreamed up. This hat is one of those ideas. I'm not sure exactly where it came from, but last week a slouchy pixie hat seemed like the best idea in the world. Kind of wacky, yes, but also really cute. And since it wasn't too difficult to make, I'm sharing the pattern notes with you!

I'm calling it the Fairy Lights hat, but secretly I refer to it as 'slouchy in front, pixie in back'.

You can make one stitch in a few ways: by putting a backward loop on your needle, by knitting into the back of a stitch after you have knit it normally (makes 2 stitches from what was previously one stitch), or by lifting up the bar between two stitches and knitting it through the back of the loop.